Sunk in 1866 by David Jones & Company.  It was purchased by the Ocean Coal Co. in 1890 and employed 748 men & boys and produced more than 184,000 tons of coal per year. 

By 1896 it was employing some 1072 men. In 1918 there were 1,005 employed and by 1938 only 710.

In 1935 it became part of Powell Dyffryn Associated Collieries Ltd. and in October of that year the men hit upon a new tactic to fight against scab unionism - the stay down strike.

In 1945 there were 1,014 men employed.

It was amalgamated with the neighbouring Parc colliery in 1955, from then known as the Park and Dare colliery.

The Park and Dare closed in 1965.